Five Star Restaurant Reviews

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

52 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 17 listed. 35 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 79% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 61% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ kevin23332

   4.5y ago

   I give it a five star review because I love the the support team and reception! It’s so simple and easy and the support is great!

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2. ★★★★★ liamdempsey

   6.2y ago

   I’ve been using the plugin to post reviews on a client website. When I ran into issues with the reviews plugin causing errors with wp-cli, the plugin team updated the plugin to address and fix the issue within three days of being made aware of the problem.

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3. ★★★★★ cweymouth

   10.0y ago

   I love this review plugin! It’s so simple and easy and the support is great!

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4. ★★★★★ scipio1978

   10.8y ago

   Thank you very much for this great plugin. I installed it on several websites of mine. It works great. Scheme.org is integrated which was one of the reason to go for Good Reviews. Support is top notch.

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5. ★★★★★ tommifin

   10.9y ago

   After some searching and testing I found this simple plugin to be really great tool for a WordPress site developer. It’s easy to start using, implement and modify. It’s search engine friendly. And even though it’s free, Nate-the-plugin-developer was very helpful with my questions. 🙂 I would say the only downside is the very brief documentation. Couple of pointers to people using this plugin: Check the looks of the /reviews page created by the plugin. You can override the default with a new archive-grfwp-review.php template file. Check also the individual review page at /review/your-single-review-url especially if you have been using review categories. You can override the default with a new single-grfwp-review.php template file. These pages will be indexed by search engines and they might look odd in your theme.

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6. ★★★★★ John McCarthy

   11.1y ago

   I’ve tried many review/testimonial plugins but this one is perfect for my needs. I build and design websites with WordPress for my clients, most of the time I want to incorporate reviews into a sites existing styling, for it to be easy to configure and be comfortable for users to add content. This plugin fits my description very well and has all features I need and allows me to extend it easily if I require. It’s also completely transparent in styling and follows the WordPress admin UI style perfectly resulting in bare minimum learning curve for users. This plugin is a refreshing change to many plugins on the repository, clean, lean and just enough features. Thank you.

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7. ★★★★★ Marc2323

   11.3y ago

   I like the review plugin very much !

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8. ★★★★★ sambatothesea

   11.5y ago

   Great solution and great support!

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All 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.3.15). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 6.1 Five Star Restaurant Reviews <= 2.3.13 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-09-29 CVE-2026-92412 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.3.13 Patched in 2.3.14
2. Patched Medium · 6.4 Five Star Restaurant Reviews <= 2.3.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Review URL ↗
   2024-02-02 CVE-2024-24838 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.3.5 Patched in 2.3.6

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-06-09 500+ → 400+ down after 10 days in tier
2. 2026-05-30 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2026-05-28 500+ → 400+ down after 253 days in tier
4. 2025-09-17 600+ → 500+ down after 238 days in tier
5. 2025-01-22 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in tier
6. 2025-01-20 600+ → 700+ up after 21 days in tier
7. 2024-12-30 700+ → 600+ down after 148 days in tier
8. 2024-08-04 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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Five Star Restaurant Reviews: 400+ active installs, 4.9★ (14 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/good-reviews-wp